Holder for folding paper vessels.



s. s. mm. HOLDER FOR FCLDlNG PAPER VESSELS.

PPLICATIUN HLED FEB. 29, 1912..

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Application nl ed February 29, ilf Serial ilo. '$80,733.

Ll 0 @ZZ whom it may concern Be it known that l, BERTON l. Ruin, a citiHzen of theUnited States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomeryand State of hO, have invented certain nevi Vand useful improvements inHolders for Folding Riper Vessels, of which the following 4isaspecilication. i

My invention relates tol improvements in holders -ior folding papervessels, and it relates more particularly to a holder for what erelniown as sanitary paper cups, and is especially adapted for use at suchplaces as and establishments Where soft drinks served.

The object oi my invention is to provide e, holder in which a seni-tory@up may he readily inserted and removed, and one which -vill be simplein construction and effective in use..

In the accompanying drawings-Figure l is a perspective 'View of a holderembody ll 2; is perspective View of a portion of one type of a sanitarypaper cup adapted for use in connection with the holder; 3 is detail oA.ie holding devices; the holding device hein@- shown partly in dottedlines. ll is a side Viewpartly in section and partly broken away, of theholder and snp in position therein.

Lilie ports represented hy similar eher-- aciers olf reference in theseverel views.

ln the said drawings, l represents the main body of the holder, which isin the na tiireof e Cupshaped cylindrical shell, open at the `topandhottoin, and 'being provided with a suitable hase portion la andhandle 2. Secured to the upper portion of the main body portion il, aretwo upwardly projecting holding devises, dianfietrically opposite eachothe lnach of these holding devices consists of plate 3, which issecured 'to the body l by riveting or otherwise, from which plete 3,extend Prins fr the zipper end of erich of said :furnis lont over toorin a hook-shaped portie j '1, espeetive arms of enoh holding de e,heiro4 preferably projected et on angle y c e directions, so that thehook-sh ions will `nee to provide :fior more e'ieot The cup ift/hinection Wi u of e cone si "Serial No. 680735 of Benton l. Rike andreference ch eracter l.

as the cup illustrated in the zipplieotoi lohn R. TQin, filed of evendate herewith, Well as other forms of folded oups. practical use, thesepaper cups nre for fiat .for shipping purposes and when spA e out to theposition shown in the drawings, have more or less elnstioity, whichtends 'to throw them back to n folded position. f applying the cup tothe holder, it down into the casing l with 'the fo of the cup inconteo!J Awith the casing, which. tends force f Y a true conical i'orin,nntii the op thereof nnder 'the hook-il tions oi tl holding devices, nlelastioilgy l in position.

lt will be 1 the Upper sidomhl the ho eome in oep insertos. cup ii'seltiornis Y drink, it is unnecessary io cleanse 'the hoi` after eachindi\v*idual While the preferable meneer o and shipiing' these oups isley role A e., lint and springing them ont so e conioelshaped position,yet it will he seen th: holder will `also be adapted for use *moi cupswhich are not folded but which nested together, providing the cup is oisui licient size to lit between the hoop-shaped portions of the holdingndevices; that is, so that when the cup is forced down between theholding devices, it will spring in slightly between the hoop-shapedportions and then spring back again into position beneath the hooks. l`j Haring thus described my invention, l claiml In a -holder for foldedpri-,por inclosingfrenle, a handle said pair Giri said :iraineerre-rigged diem vessels,

. eelx other and projecting above said'frame, of said vessel on eachside of said handle l0 one of said projections being arrangedcoinunobstructed for the lips of the user.

@ident vwith said handle', and euch ofsuid In testimony whereof, I havehereunto set projections having a bifurcated hook-shaped my hand this 22day of February 1912. upper end, the arrangement of said projectionsbeing such that they will engage the rim of said vessel and hold thesame in po- Witnesses:

fxition in said holder by the elasticity of said VLien MARKEY, vessel,ieaving substantially7 half of the rim OSCAR C AOTT.

BRETON I. RIK.

